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knuckle under (三人称単数 現在形 knuckles under, 現在分詞 knuckling under, 過去形および過去分詞形 knuckled under)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To yield or cooperate when pressured or forced to do so.
   • 1907, John Galsworthy, The Country House, ch. 8:

     "Nothing shall induce me!" he said. . . . "The man is a ruffian. I won't knuckle under to him!"

同意語

• fall in line

参照

• knuckle under at OneLook Dictionary Search